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Chapter 17: Statement of the Pupil's Enlightenment
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can go against its nature. Vibhav is therefore interpreted here as an attribute of the soul, which is beyond (not against) its nature and which the soul is capable of indulging in. If one does not go beyond, he stays within his nature. In other words, his tendency flows within and it does not result in the acquisition of Karma. This was pointed out in stanza 78, where the Guru had said that if the soul stays vigilant about its property, it acts in tune with its nature; and if it does not remain so vigilant, the sense of Kartä and Karma would prevail.
અથવા નિજપરિણામ જે, શુદ્ધ ચેતનારૂપ; કર્તા ભોકતા તેહનો, નિર્વિકલ્પ સ્વરૂપ.
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Athavä Nij Parinäm Je, Shuddha Chetanä Roop; Kartä Bhoktä Tehano, Nirvikalpa Swaroop.
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Alternately, he is the Kartä and avails the changes occurring within himself, which are absolutely blissful and imbibed with undefiled consciousness.
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Explanation & Discussion:
The pupil continues with the third and fourth Fundamentals. He says that the soul can be treated as the Kartä
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